[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5314 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5314

 To make certain individuals and entities ineligible to participate in 
               Federal programs, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 6, 2026

   Ms. Ernst introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To make certain individuals and entities ineligible to participate in 
               Federal programs, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``No Cash for Cohabitating Kins of 
Crooks Act''.

SEC. 2. INELIGIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN FEDERAL PROGRAMS.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Covered person.--The term ``covered person'' means an 
        individual or entity that--
                    (A) owns a terminated provider;
                    (B) resides with the owner of a terminated 
                provider; or
                    (C) is the spouse of the owner of a terminated 
                provider.
            (2) Spouse.--The term ``spouse'' does not include an 
        individual who--
                    (A) is living apart from the individual's spouse as 
                of the last day of the most recent taxable year; and
                    (B) is a survivor of domestic abuse committed by 
                the individual's spouse or of spousal abandonment by 
                the individual's current spouse.
            (3) Terminated provider.--The term ``terminated provider'' 
        means a former contractor or provider of a service under a 
        Federal program, the contract for the provision of which the 
        Federal Government terminated as a result of fraud or a 
        criminal conviction.
    (b) Prohibition.--A covered person may not enter into a contract 
with the Federal Government, receive a grant, loan, subaward, or 
reimbursement from the Federal Government, or enter into any other 
financial transaction for goods or services paid for in part or full by 
the Federal Government.
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